| Katherine Rohrer Artist's Website >> Mezzo-soprano Katherine Rohrer, a 2003/2004 Adler Fellow, made her San Francisco Opera debut during the 2002 season as Oberto in Alcina. In 2003 she appeared on the mainstage as Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana and as Isabel Wentworth in The Mother of Us All. She also recently made her San Francisco Symphony debut in an evening of Rossini and Offenbach. Current projects include debuts with the Gotham Chamber Opera as Teseo in Handel’s Arianna in Creta and with Opera Colorado as Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro as well as a return to the San Francisco Opera as Pauline in The Queen of Spades. Miss Rohrer has also been featured in two recitals with the 2003 Schwabacher Debut Recital Series. She toured the nation with Western Opera Theater as Dorabella in Così Fan Tutte and appeared as Charlotte in The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein with Opera Theater of St. Louis, Ida in Die Fledermaus and both Flora and Annina in La Traviata with Central City Opera. Additional credits include the Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors, the title role Périchole, in The Rape of Lucretia, Jenny in Three Penny Opera, and Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She also has performed Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro and Dorabella in Così Fan Tutte with Stetson University Opera. The mezzo-soprano’s competitions and awards include the John Moriarty Apprentice Encouragement Award at Central City, first place in the Rose Palmer Mobile Opera Competition, and third place in the Eleanor McCollum Competition at Houston Grand Opera. She was also a winner in the New England Region Metropolitan Opera Competition and placed as a finalist in the National Competition. Ms. Rohrer holds a bachelor’s degree from Stetson University and a master of music degree from the New England Conservatory. O1C Performances: Basically British VIII |
